This is free service from google and helps get every product listed in google shopping. At least that has been my experiance.
This feed can sometimes be found under Froogle Feed in other projects. I have built many OSC sites and used the Froogle Mod. We would be missing a huge oportunity is this feed wasn't available some time. I just wanted to call it out to get it on the radar.
I just wanted to show my support for a Froogle/Google Base Feed. I was about to start a new thread until I saw your message which sums up everything I wanted to say!
I too use a Froogle Contribution with my OsCommerce store and know that the majority of my sales come from Froogle.
This would be a great feature for PrestaShop that all users could benefit from.
I have a version that’s very much BETA. If you want to try it out on your store then PM me the details and I’ll send it on to you.
<edit> Forgot to mention: An example output is at http://prestashop.ecartservice.net/en_googlebase.xml </edit>
I was just wondering how the feed handles attributes. Does it create a new product per attribute group? This is really what I need since one of my products has lots of different variations. Thanks.
Paul C - 05 August 2008 07:13 PM
You can download the (BETA) google feed module from my site now.
This one doesn’t; currently it lists basic products, that’s all. Additional fields are fairly simple to add to the feed though; as long as the data is in the database and matches what google expect (this no different to the google base feeds for osCommerce, ZenCart etc.). Maybe when there’s a little more PrestaShop documentation…..
Google supports product attributes as far as searching for a product, but doesn’t support “choices” that I’m aware of. You need to add such things to your description.
I’m happy to make changes to it if there’s something that should be in the that isn’t.
Cheers, and thanks for the code updates (typos and enhancements!). I’ll add it to the download for others to enjoy. Will be v0.2.
I’ll look into the categories/sub categories. I threw this together in an hour while in a chat room with a user that needed something quick, so as you’ve discovered it was hardly production strength! It’ll be great if it helps you out.
The user in question was still trying to get his images uploaded so I don’t think he’s got around to testing it yet
<edit> I went back and checked and the example files on the google base site specify <guid> not <g:id> in them so I’m not sure which would be technically correct; maybe both? According to the docs for Product <g:id> is required….I’ll add both. </edit>
Thanks for responding. Okay, maybe I’m confused here (which wouldn’t be uncommon!) but I’m not looking for the attribute dropdown menu to be on google base, but for the attributes on our stores to generate a product. For example, I have a sock that has two attribute drop down menus, one for size(adult medium, adult large) and one for color (white, blue) each with their own choices as I just mentioned. I guess what I am asking is can the feed generate one product (white, adult medium) and another product (blue, adult large) and etc. etc. for the two remaining options as specified when I assigned them in the attribute section. So in this case, even though I have one product page, I really have four products to sell, so it would be nice to list four products on google. Does this make sense?
BTW, thank you for writing a mod like this, and I wish I could contribute more but my php and database skills aren’t quite there yet, but I’m learning.
Paul C - 07 August 2008 07:21 PM
Rory,
This one doesn’t; currently it lists basic products, that’s all. Additional fields are fairly simple to add to the feed though; as long as the data is in the database and matches what google expect (this no different to the google base feeds for osCommerce, ZenCart etc.). Maybe when there’s a little more PrestaShop documentation…..
Google supports product attributes as far as searching for a product, but doesn’t support “choices” that I’m aware of. You need to add such things to your description.
I’m happy to make changes to it if there’s something that should be in the that isn’t.
I’m with you… my intention is to add attribute support, and in order for google to list them they’ll have to be unique products as per your post. This requires quite a bit of manipulation of the data to achieve though, and we’re talking version 1 not 0.2
The editorial guidelines specify one product per page for landing pages, but I’m pretty sure the above would be acceptable.
The idea of this currently is to get the basic (mandatory) information in there, and develop from there.
Attributes are pretty essential if you’re going to get your products found easily on google base (unless the items you sell are fairly niche). I would suggest that if you’re going to use attributes on your site AND want to use google base, then you should be looking at the ones that are pre-defined.
Thanks again. I understand. Are these feeds similar to the ones for other shopping comparrsion sites? Just curious. And I am going to look into these feeds and see if I can’t contribute in some way. LOL. I’m still learning this stuff, so it is a bit overwhelming! However, I will try my best.
Great job so far!
Paul C - 07 August 2008 11:44 PM
Rory,
I’m with you… my intention is to add attribute support, and in order for google to list them they’ll have to be unique products as per your post. This requires quite a bit of manipulation of the data to achieve though, and we’re talking version 1 not 0.2
The editorial guidelines specify one product per page for landing pages, but I’m pretty sure the above would be acceptable.
The idea of this currently is to get the basic (mandatory) information in there, and develop from there.
Attributes are pretty essential if you’re going to get your products found easily on google base (unless the items you sell are fairly niche). I would suggest that if you’re going to use attributes on your site AND want to use google base, then you should be looking at the ones that are pre-defined.
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